Coordinated by the National Land Agency (BPN) the PTSL programme identifies, maps and certifies all unregsitered plots of land across Indonesia and gives them to people who would not normally be able to afford to buy them.

The government believes this will encourage the growth of more Small-Medium-Enterprises (SMEs) as the plots can be bought or sold and certificates can be used as collateral to take out bank loans.

BPN says there are currently around 126 million plots across the country, of which 46 million have been certified. The target is to certify them all by 2025.

Is that achievable?

It's a big ask. The government is keen to accelerate the PTSL programme, which in the past issued approximately 500,000 certificates per year, but at that rate it would take some 140 years to achieve Jokowi's goals.

With that in mind, it's clear a new approach is needed.  In 2017, Jokowi set the target for an additional 5 million certificates. In 2018, the target is to issue 58 million certificates (an increase of 7 million on 2017's numbers) and in 2019 the target is set at 67 million (a further increase of 9 million certificates on 2018.)

To successfully achieve these goals by 2025, all provinces, governors and local administrations across the country need to be focused on their targets, especially as Jokowi is taking a tough approach by saying positions will be lost if targets are not met on time. 

According to the local media sources, Bali will be the first province in Indonesia to meet its targets, which it expects to do by the end of 2019.

Sources: Merdeka, Bali Post

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